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SHAKESPEARE'S CONTEXT
- POLITICS
- monarchy had all the
power
- The Privy Council was a group of
people appointed by the Queen
who were in charge of the general
administration of the country
- The job of Parliament
was to pass laws and
provide the Queen
with money when she
needed it
- The government in
the Elizabethan era
was divided into the
monarchy, Privy
Council and
parliament
- The job of Parliament was to
pass laws and provide the
Queen with money when she
needed it
- Queen Elizabeth I was the
monarch in the Elizabethan era,
and therefore made all ultimate
decisions in Elizabethan times
- Reign of Queen
Elizabeth I
(1558–1603)
- monarchy had all the
power
- LIFESTYLE
- The nobles held
great power and
frequently lived
colorful and
extravagant lives
- Vast majority of the
Elizabethan
population was
quite poor
- Members of the
lower classes in
England were
mainly uneducated
- About 95
percent of the
population of
England lived
in these rural
districts
- The peasant farmers
performed almost all of
the labor
- Feudal system
- The queen was
believed to be
God's
representation
here on Earth
- Strict social classes
- The nobles held
great power and
frequently lived
colorful and
extravagant lives
- RELIGION
- The two major religions in
Elizabethan England were
the Catholic and
Protestant religions
- Reigning Monarchs
dictated the
'favoured' religion
- Queen Elizabeth I
(r.1558-1603) succeeded
her sister Queen Mary
and adhered to the
Protestant religion and
restored Protestantism
as the official religion
- In the early 1500's the
people of England all
practised the Roman
Catholic religion
- The convictions and beliefs in
these different religions were so
strong that they led to the
executions of many adherents to
both of these Elizabethan religions
- The two major religions in
Elizabethan England were
the Catholic and
Protestant religions
- IDEOLOGY
- The new ideas, information
and increased knowledge
about science, technology
and astrology led to a
renewed interest in the
supernatural including
witches, witchcraft and
ghosts which led to belief
in superstitions and the
supernatural
- The new ideas, information
and increased knowledge
about science, technology
and astrology led to a
renewed interest in the
supernatural including
witches, witchcraft and
ghosts which led to belief
in superstitions and the
supernatural
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